...on more topics than any one person could reasonably have an interest in.

Tune to follow - I have most of it, but the new MacBook to record it isn't arriving till mid-week.

Desolation

There's a silence 'cross the barren landNo wind to stir the dustAnd metal tools left lyingWith no rain to make them rust.A single footprint marks the placeWhere once two heroes toiled.A flag, forgotten, fallen liesAmid the dusty soil.

And that one giant leapGrows further now each day.To the empty desolationThat's forty years away.But one small stepCan start us off once moreOn that longest march in historyTo Tranquility's far shore.

Elsewhere on that landscapeA picture's left behind: A simple family photoFor some traveller to find.The one who left it's long years gone - Safe now, no more to roam.A reminder of a journey madeSo many miles from home.

And that one giant leap....

Far and wide the débrisOf a dozen's labours lie:Scattered remnants of a timeWhen mankind dared to fly.The whole world watched in wonder,Prayed that they'd be safe home soon.Old men now, who still recallTheir steps upon the moon.

And that one giant leap...

And that one giant leapGrows closer now, we pray.Apollo's distant triumphWe will dare again some day. Just one small stepWill start us off once moreOn that longest march in historyTo Tranquility's far shore.

I went out for a walk from work at lunchtime. There's a very.. London, very English thing that happens on the corner of Shaftesbury Ave and Charing Cross Road just about all day every day - someone is handing out free phonecards for some company or other.

And they're almost never English.

I was reminded of a Radio 5 feature on Polish students doing work on farms in England - someone asked the local unemployed teenagers if they'd do the jobs, and the answer was 'no way'.

I'm not xenophobic, or racist. This song is more me wondering aloud.And it's bloody hard to remember chunks of lyrics when you're driving! :)